Sentence examples for smuggling cases from inspiring English sources

Erik Eckholm (NYT) CHINA: SMUGGLING INCREASES China reported a record number of smuggling cases last year, but the value of seized goods fell 39percentt compared with 1998, the state news media said.

One of the largest smuggling cases involved the St . Regis Mohawk Nationin Hogansburg, N.Y.

In other recent high-profile smuggling cases, some officials convicted as ringleaders were given a death sentence.

He added that Mr. Li had also been charged with taking bribes in two other smuggling cases in Guangdong province, according to the state-run China Radio International.

In many of the smuggling cases, the ringleaders insulated themselves through a complex network of middlemen who negotiated with buyers in order to shield the bosses from arrest.

"As of March 2006, the halfway point for the fiscal year, there were 342 alien smuggling cases filed in that jurisdiction.

Prosecutors said that Ms. Chávez, who was herself smuggled into this country at the age of 15 and later worked at a Levi's factory, admitted in a videotaped statement after her arrest to her role in the smuggling case and to smuggling immigrants in four similar trips.

Plea negotiations for several officers accused in a gun-and-cigarette smuggling case will unfold.

The boy was not sent back because he is considered a witness in the smuggling case.

Fourteen people have been charged in connection with the smuggling case.

But until this week there was no mention in the mainstream Chinese media of the smuggling case.